Possible fix for Host_error: Overflow writing string table baseline lua string table?

[Marine123]

The random host_error has been getting very pesky lately on my dedicated server. A lot of people here are saying it's wiremod, but I don't want to have to remove Wire. I've seen others say that typing "dumpstringtables" every now and again in the server console could fix it.

What i'm wondering is: Would it be possible to have a lua script make the server run "dumpstringtables" in the console every 15-30 minutes to prevent a string table overflow?

I'm not entirely sure if this is the right section for this. Please move the thread if needed.

[| FlapJack |]

timer.Create("Dumpstuff" , 900 , 0 , function() RunConsoleCommand("dumpstringtables") end )

Written in the reply box, btw.

[Marine123]

Thanks, that should hopefully reduce the random crashes. :keke:

[turck3]

It's generally not a result of wiremod... take a look at what else you have on your server.

[DarKSunrise]

The example posted above would work only on clientside, and actually you would need to use something like this if you want it to work on your server too.

[lua]timer.Create("DumpStuff", 900, 0, function() game.ConsoleCommand("dumpstringtables\n"); end);[/lua]

[| FlapJack |]

[QUOTE=DarKSunrise;18299722]The example posted above would work only on clientside, and actually you would need to use something like this if you want it to work on your server too.[/QUOTE]

Don't be dumb, RunConsoleCommand exists on the server too.

19:27:12 lua_run RunConsoleCommand('Cheese')
19:27:12 L 11/10/2009 - 19:27:03: rcon from "xx.xx.xx.xxx:53423": command "lua_run RunConsoleCommand('Cheese')"
19:27:12 > RunConsoleCommand('Cheese')...
         Unknown command "Cheese"

[DarKSunrise]

Never knew that, as the wiki page was just recently corrected. The existance of game.ConsoleCommand is also misleading.

[CapsAdmin]

[QUOTE=| FlapJack |;18299473]timer.Create("Dumpstuff" , 900 , 0 , function() RunConsoleCommand("dumpstringtables") end )

Written in the reply box, btw.[/QUOTE]

How does this work?

I mean, how does it make it not crash?

[| FlapJack |]

[QUOTE=CapsAdmin;18312510]How does this work?

I mean, how does it make it not crash?[/QUOTE]

No idea. Supposedly this command works though, didn't look into it myself. I don't have a problem with that error so I didn't see the need to.

[itsk0dy]

where dose this command go?

[Shepsie]

As far as I know that command just shows the content of the eg modelprecache tables etc,

[Marine123]

I think your right, dumpstringtables hasn't been working lately(Via script or console) on my server. The devs of wiremod should really consider fixing this dedicated server issue.

[profan]

[QUOTE=Marine123;19817227]I think your right, dumpstringtables hasn't been working lately(Via script or console) on my server. The devs of wiremod should really consider fixing this dedicated server issue.[/QUOTE]

This is not a issue with wiremod, it's just that wiremod is a massive clusterfuck of lua files and thats why.